excursion discounts

[mcsargewife]

Do they really have them? We will cruise for the first time in 47 days and just wondered where to find codes --- Going on Carnival

[FTLcruisers]

cruise lines make a lot of money on excursions - can't imagine any discounts. We've done most of our cruises on Royal and Celebrity so can't comment on Carnival.

[Bonnie J.]

Check the port info here then you can decide what you want to see/do. When you know what you want to do, ask here for suggestions as to local tours. They are always less than the ship's tour and for the exact same tour.

What ship are you going on and what are the ports, what do you like to do? We can help you more if we know this.

(We have done 66 cruises on Carnival - and cruises on other lines- so let me know if you have any other questions)

Edited June 23, 2015 by Bonnie J.

[mcsargewife]

We are going on the carnival pride - out of Baltimore 7days

[CruiserBruce]

Far better to be asking on the Carnival board, here:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=215

 

to see if there is even such a thing as an excursion discount.

[Krazy Kruizers]

For a few months HAL tried giving codes for some excursions -- tours people weren't really interested in. It flopped.

I haven't heard of anyone getting a code anymore for a discount.

Then HAL tried an Anniversary Sale which gave you shipboard credit towards shore excursions. But HAL hasn't worked the bugs out on that on either and people can use the shipboard credit for whatever they want.

[CruiserBruce]

The OP is asking about Carnival, not HAL.

[Nebr.cruiser]

I haven't heard of real discounts of ship-based tours. Sometimes it 'looks' like there is a slight savings, but I'm pretty sure it's not a real bargain.

 

The best way to get better prices is to book privately, which is what we do, but some people aren't comfortable doing that.